Alliance Blog

Your Right to Reducing the Risks of Cancer – information for members of the trans/non-binary community17th August 2022

The Northern Cancer Alliance has recently published a new cancer screening leaflet for members of the trans/non-binary community. This leaflet has been coproduced with Be Trans Support and Community and Healthworks Newcastle. The leaflet provides community members with appropriate information and advice with the aim of encouraging participation in the three cancer screening programmes in England (breast, […]

Improving patient information and support across the region

Macmillan Health and Wellbeing Project I’m Jackie and was appointed as Macmillan Health & Wellbeing Delivery Lead back in March with the Northern Cancer Alliance. I’m excited to be leading a two-year project funded by Macmillan which aims to reduce the variation of information and support available to cancer patients, their carers […]

Improving the accessibility of breast screening follow up letters25th July 2022

Sunderland People First, a group of self-advocates with learning disabilities and autistic people, and Healthwatch Sunderland have worked in partnership to improve the accessibility of the written information sent to women who are recalled after attending for their breast screening mammogram. The absence of accessible information for women who are recalled was highlighted to Healthwatch […]

Supporting patients through the airwaves – a new series of podcasts for cancer patients13th June 2022

Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists from Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust have produced a series of podcasts to support their cancer patients. These podcasts provide their patients with access to information on a range of topics at a time to suit them. The team were supported by PROTO provided the sound system, […]

Local volunteers making a real difference to cancer patients and their loved ones1st June 2022

June 1st, 2022 sees the start of volunteering week in the UK. To celebrate the very special people who give up their time to make a difference to patients and their families, the Cancer Alliance would like to shine a light on a fantastic volunteer service that is making a real difference […]

A winning night at the HSJ Awards!7th April 2022

The Northern Cancer Alliance received a high commendation and were winners in the category for the “The Best Pharmaceutical Partnership with the NHS” at this year’s HSJ Partnership Awards on 24 March 2022. Both awards recognised the partnership work between the Northern Cancer Alliance and the pharmaceutical company MSD. The partnership has been across a […]

A day in the life of a Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist – Emily Rees14th March 2022

To mark the first National Cancer CNS Day on 15/03/2022, we are featuring two members of this amazing workforce in our Alliance blog. Emma and Emily have shared with us what a typical day in this role can look and feel like. In this second of the two blogs we feature […]

A day in the life of a Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist – Emma Robinson

How to improve prevention and symptom awareness in the community22nd February 2022

The role of Cancer Champion is a fantastic way of engaging with communities to raise awareness of the importance of early diagnosis and prevention. Cancer Champions are members of the community who volunteer to raise awareness about cancer among their family, friends, neighbours and work colleagues. They do this by spreading key messages through word […]

Developing the cancer workforce through the national apprenticeship programme17th February 2022

Apprenticeships will provide new training routes into the cancer workforce, including enabling existing staff to remain in employment whilst training for new roles. Health Education England has facilitated the development of several apprenticeship standards. We spoke to Diane Burns who is an Apprentice Mammography Associate – Level 4 working at who works for North Cumbria […]